Things I have found in skips.

Our next door neighbour is moving shortly (hooray) and has a skip in his driveway at the moment. We've never got on as he's a miserable old fecker who bangs on the wall at the slightest sound and once left his vacuum cleaner on while he went to work on nights - just to piss me off. (It backfired because I called the police as I was concerned he may have had a fall)

Anyway he's put a really nice art deco sideboard/display cabinet in the skip! We're in the process of arranging another neighbour to ask him for it in our behalf

Flymo law mower top(ish) of the range in skip blade needed sharpening two mins with angle grinder job done still going strong 10+ years later
Nearly brand new little tykes cozy coupe found side of road free to good home just needed a clean
1930's Art Deco style side table in a skip
None of these found by me ALL found by wife she is the queen of freebies in our house